California tax expert admits role in illegal alien's multimillion-dollar fraud scheme

California tax preparer Victor Cruz pleaded guilty to helping file over 500 fraudulent tax returns claiming $25 million in refunds, with the IRS paying out $2.3 million.

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Martinez allegedly used stolen identities to create fake businesses and report phony wage and withholding information for the businesses to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). He then allegedly submitted hundreds of income tax returns using the stolen identities while claiming that they worked for the fake businesses and were owed tax refunds based on the phony information.